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Go West Concepts
Go West Concepts/Impacts Review
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Homestead Act | Motivated settlers to move west, helped develop the Great Plains |
| Morrill Land Grant Act | Gave federal land to states to build agricultural and technological colleges (exist today in every US state except Hawaii |
| Dawes Act | Gave American Indians land to farm, attempted to assimilate them, it was a failure |
| High railroad charges, high interest rates, low crop prices, foreclosures on farms | Led farmers to form the Grange and eventually a new political party-the Populist Party |
| Rise of the Populist Party | Farmers argued for regulation of the railroads and bimetallism (silver and gold as part of the money supply) The Interstate Commerce Act was eventually passed |
| The massive killing of buffalo and the decline of the buffalo population | Native Americans were forced onto reservations because they could not survive without their main source of food. |
| Transcontinental railroad | connected the country together and led to the growth of towns/cities |
| William Jennings Bryan | Populist candidate for president, gave the "Cross of Gold" speech which argued for bimetallism (silver and gold as part of money supply) |
| Interstate Commerce Act | Allowed for regulation of the railroads by the government |
| Native American Reeducation Movement | Force Native American children to attend boarding schools in order to assimilate into American culture |
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